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On December 11, 1962, Ronald Turpin was one of the two last people to be executed in Canada. [1] Turpin had been convicted of the murder of Metropolitan Toronto police officer Frederick Nash, 31. On 12 February 1962, Nash pulled Turpin over for a broken taillight while the latter was fleeing from a robbery. [ 2 ]
The last execution in Canada was the double hanging of Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin on December 11, 1962, at Toronto's Don Jail. The National Defence Act prescribed the death penalty for certain military offences until 1999, although no military executions had been carried out since 1946.
Arthur Lucas (December 18, 1907 - December 11, 1962), originally from the U.S. state of Georgia, was one of the last two people to be executed in Canada, on 11 December 1962. [2] Lucas had been convicted of the murder of 44-year-old Therland Crater, a drug dealer and police informant from Detroit. He is also assumed to have killed 20-year-old ...
September 29 – Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, is launched. October 25 – The Bedford Institute of Oceanography opens in Nova Scotia; October 25-November 12 – The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. Diefenbaker refuses to put Canadian forces on alert, angering the U.S. government. December 11 – The last two hangings in Canada take place.
Raymond Lisenba (1942) last execution by hanging in California; Clayton Lockett (2014) Howard Long (1939) last execution in New Hampshire; Theerasak Longji (2018) most recent execution in Thailand; Johannes Lötter (1901) Arthur Lucas (1962) one of the last two executions in Canada; Daryl Mack (2006) most recent execution in Nevada; Patrick ...
People executed by Canada by hanging (1 C, 31 P) L. People executed by Lower Canada (4 P) N. ... This page was last edited on 16 September 2020, at 01:11 (UTC).
The Work of Justice: The Trials of Robert Raymond Cook : the Story of the Last Man Hanged in Alberta. Wolf Willow Press. ISBN 1-55056-423-4. Frank W. Anderson (2008) The Robert Cook Murder Case, Gopher Books, ISBN 9780921969204; Betty Jane Hegerat (2011) The Boy, Oolichan Books, ISBN 9780889822757
hanging: C Belize: 19 June 1985 [4] Kent Bowers: murder: hanging: A Bermuda: 3 December 1977 [4] Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn: murder: hanging: A Bolivia: 30 August 1973 [47] Melquiades Suxo: murder: firearm: B Brazil: 28 April 1876 [48] Francisco: murder: hanging: A Canada: 11 December 1962 [4] Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas: capital ...